Wheat v. State

Jenkins, Justice.

1. The approved grounds of the amended motion for new trial recite that “on the trial of said ease the defendant admitted that he was guilty of the crime of murder, and only submitted to the jury the question of what his punishment should be, [asking] the jury to recommend him to the mercy of the court. . . This was defendant’s only plea.” The sole exceptions taken are to charges, omissions to charge, the admission of evidence, and argument by the solicitor-general, involving only whether there was such error as prejudiced the chance of the defendant to obtain from the jury a…